May 03, 2011, 7:30AM

Four people each filed different complaints that allege pretty much the same thing: materials put out by Portland Public Schools to inform the public about its $548 million construction bond crossed the line into promoting the issue. Full story »

April 07, 2011, 8:10PM

Given state prohibitions on campaigning by public employees or with taxpayer money, district officials say they have been careful to follow state law and keep their material informational. They acknowledge they have sometimes omitted or downplayed taxpayer costs but say they'll do better. Full story »

February 12, 2011, 8:09PM

Citing a standstill in state funding to run schools, and the crumbling state of its 60-plus-year-old buildings, leaders of Portland Public Schools want voters to say yes to the biggest tax increase since voters locked down property taxes in the early 1990s. Full story »

February 01, 2011, 7:15PM

With state funding projected to hold steady or decline, Portland school leaders decide to ask voters to raise the operating levy to save teaching jobs as well as to approve a big construction bond issue. Full story »

January 05, 2011, 6:56AM

Portland school board members are considering asking voters in May to approve a new, higher local-option tax to fund school operations. The higher operating levy, potentially as much as $1.90 per $1,000 of assessed property value, would be the school district's second tax hike request on the May ballot, along with a proposed $548 million school bond that the school... Full story »

December 10, 2010, 1:33PM

The high achieving high school is one of Portland's strongest academically, but the crumbling building doesn't reflect that. If voters pass a bond $548 million bond measure in May, Cleveland High School and others will be remodeled. Full story »

December 07, 2010, 7:19PM

A key committee votes unanimously to recommend that a $548 million bond go before voters in May. Find out which 45 schools would get new boilers, which 44 would get new science labs and which 37 would get covered play areas. Full story »

December 03, 2010, 9:41PM

School leaders say the extra tax burden is fairly routine for building and repairing district schools, but 98 percent of homeowners within the district would see the bond -- the biggest in state history -- push up their property tax bill an additional 9 percent. Full story »

December 01, 2010, 5:35PM

EcoNorthwest estimates that households would have $600 million less to spend on things besides their tax bills. But it says the project would inject $945 million into the local economy, creating a net of thousands of jobs. Full story »

December 01, 2010, 3:23PM

Instead of rebuilding just three high schools and five elementary or K-8 schools, the district now plans to fully redo nine schools, including East Sylvan, if voters approve a mammoth bond measure Full story »